SUMMARY 15: The match belonged to Sparta, Vítkovice dismantled Liberec and Třinec is still struggling

Sparta showed a significant turnaround in the end

Kladno was losing at Sparta, but at the beginning of the third period it turned around to 2:1 after the goal of Phil Pietroniro and Eduards Tralmaks within 74 seconds. But the people of Prague also made the same switch. Jakub Krejčík equalized in the 49th minute and Vladimír Sobotka provided the difference three minutes later. In the end, Pavel Kousal and Filip Chlapík added insurance to the empty goal. The Spartans were happy for the third time in a row, and the Knights, on the other hand, have been waiting for another victory for three games.

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Vítkovice returned on a winning streak

After three defeats, Ostrava recorded their second victory, this time it was against Liberec. Vítkovice helped themselves in numerical advantages – they used the power play in all parts of the game and were happy four times in total. Jindřich Abdul scored two goals in the game, added two assists and improved to twenty points on the season. Liberec fell for the second time in a row.

Crazy duel for Vary

The spectators in Mladá Boleslav saw the next match as if they had been on a swing. The home team led 1:0 and 2:1 over Karlovy Vary, but the hosts turned the game around with three goals in the second period. However, even a two-goal lead was not enough for West Bohemia and in the end, nineteen-year-old Vojtěch Hradec and Jan Buchtele, who scored two goals in the game, tied the score at 4:4. However, it is only a goal for Ondřej Beránek, who also scored twice in the basic 60 minutes, and Dávid Gríger was successful in raids. The Central Bohemians have been waiting for another success for three games already.

Pardubice beat Olomouc

Pardubice has achieved another challenging game. After Kladno, Dynamo also dealt with Olomouc, which they beat 2:1 at home. The hosts equalized when Rok Macuh responded to Robert Kousal’s opening goal in a power play, but ten minutes from time Tomáš Vondráček decided. The East Bohemians secured their third three-point win in a row and continued to maintain a six-point lead at the top of the table ahead of second-placed Sparta and third-placed Litvínov.

Hradec won away in the end

It was not until the sixth attempt that Hradec Králové got its first victory on the opponent’s ice. The East Bohemians stole Rondo Brno after a 3:2 victory. Although the home team led Kometa 2:1 after a partial conversion thanks to Tomáš Rachůnk and Adam Zbořil from a free kick, Jordann Perret and Radovan Pavlík scored three points for the hosts. Hradec is in fourth place and eight points behind the first Pardubice.

The search for Třinec continues, it wasn’t even enough for Motor

The champions from Třinec can’t start yet. The Steelers lost for the fifth time out of the last six additional league duels, losing 2:5 in České Budějovice. Motor was already leading 4:1 in the middle of the game, the change of goalkeepers did not help the guests either, when Ondřej Kacetl replaced Marko Mazanc. For the winner, former Slezan player Ondřej Kovařčík opened the score of the match, and Milan Doudera, who was another member of the successful family, closed the score with an empty net. So the South Bohemians caught up with their opponents in the table – Motor is in twelfth place, Třinec is in eleventh place.

Litvinov made himself up against Pilsen

After two games, Litvínov won again. Chemists had no big problems with Pilsen and won decisively 6:0. Matúš Sukeľ scored a hat-trick, goalkeeper Šimon Zajíček recorded his first clean sheet of the season. So Litvínov got third place, Pilsen in fourteenth place is still last and Liberec in thirteenth place losing three points.